Book description
A survival manual for ambitious artists entrepreneurs ADVENTURERS
You have a Hydra: a grand, ambitious project you’ve always wanted to tackle. It feels overwhelming, unconquerable. Chop off one of a Hydra’s heads, and two more grow in its place.
How will you ever defeat such a terrifying monstrosity – and…
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Why read it?
1 author picked How to Fight a Hydra as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book is not at all what it seems. If you’ve ever struggled with a project or idea, especially as it grows in complexity, the metaphor of the mythical Hydra may have come to mind. In the myths, the Hydra is especially dangerous because every time you cut off one of its heads, two more grow back in its place.
Kinda like a project or business that seems impossible to finish.
Unlike most business books that beat you over the head with case studies, this book uses a single short story styled as a fairytale to unlock and teach dozens…
From Alex's list on for solo founders building businesses.
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